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单词 malem
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malemn.

Brit. /ˈmaləm/, /ˈmɑːləm/, U.S. /ˈmæləm/, /ˈmɑləm/
Forms: 1600s– malem, 1600s– malim, 1800s– malum.
Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic muʿallim.
Etymology: < Arabic muʿallim teacher, learned person, master (see mallam n.), via a language or languages in which the Arabic ʿain (= ʕ) is lost; compare Malay malim (c1500; also in forms maalim, mualim) ship's mate, navigating officer, pilot. Compare also Portuguese malemo (1515).
1. In parts of the Arabic-speaking world: a person responsible for the conduct or transportation of merchandise. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > [noun] > one who transports or conveys
conveyor1513
transporter1535
porter1581
malem1609
conveyancer1791
1609 W. Biddulph in T. Lavender Trav. 39 The Malims & Muckremen (as they call the Carriers) were not yet come down with their Cammels to carrie them vp.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 242 They call him Malem, who conducts the Merchants goods.
2. Nautical. A ship's pilot, master, or mate, esp. one of foreign nationality, as referred to by an Arabic-speaking crew. Frequently used as a title, as in malem sahib.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > captain or master
skipper1390
master shipmana1393
master mariner?a1400
shipmanc1405
shipmasterc1440
commanderc1450
patron1490
shipper1496
ship-governor1526
reis1585
nakhoda?1606
sea-captain1612
malem1615
manjee1683
captain1705
patroon1719
old man1821
owner1903
1615 T. Roe Jrnl. 21 July in Embassy to Court of Great Mogul (1899) I. 22 The pilott of the Iunke, Malim-Abrimme, spake Portiguse.
1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 418/2 Malum... In a ship with English officers and native crew, the mate is called málum sahib. The word..is properly applied to the pilot or sailing-master.
1894 Nautical Mag. Mar. 275 Loss owing to master continuing to stand on after sounding showed that he was in shoaling water. Certificate as malim recommended to be cancelled.
1907 M. Roberts Flying Cloud xxix. 275 You t'ink I tell the Malem Sahib, tell the mate?
1921 C. T. Willson (title) The mālem sāhib's Hindustāni.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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